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STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />BEFORE THE <br />MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION <br />: hj t <br />- 10CJLJ. V » <br />In the Matter of the Petition of <br />Northern States Power Company to <br />Establish an Electric Rate Discount for <br />Certain Low-Income Customers <br />Docket No. E002/M-94-925 <br />SUMMARY OF FILING <br />Please take notice that on October 5, 1994 Northern Slates Power Company <br />("NSP") filed with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission ("Commission ) its <br />petition to establish an electric rate discount for certain iow-income residential <br />customers. The proposed discount is required by Minn. Stat. Sect. 216B. 16, subd. 14 <br />(1994). In general, electric residential customers who are receiving assistance from <br />the federally funded Low-Income Heating Energy Assistance Program ("LIHEAP") <br />will receive a discount equal to one-half of their energy charge each month for usage <br />up to 300 kWh per month. The total amount of discounts for the first year is estimated <br />at $6,084,000. NSP is proposing to recover this revenue loss by elimination of the <br />Conservation Rate Break and by an increase in charges to residential electric <br />customers, effective January 4,1 995. The increase in charges would be accomplished <br />by a one time increase in the energy charge of 0.02 cents per kilowatihour or by use <br />of an automatic adjustment mechanism through which the rate surcharge would be <br />reconciled with actual experience and readjusted annually for projected future <br />changes. If the automatic adjustment mechanism is selected, the increase would be <br />combined with the existing fuel adjustment clause on the bill in a Resource and Tax <br />Adjustment Clause".